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Sunday, July 12, 2015

Images of the NIGHT in art . . . part 1

Dorothy P. Lathrop children's book illustration
NIGHT makes it's greatest impression on us at our beginning.
Although family can be heard nearby,  we're thrust alone into the blackness. 
a Dorothy P. Lathrop illustration      click image twice for full size
     
N I G H T . . .
         
Arthur Getz illustration 1965 for New Yorker Magazine, urban lights at night
an Arthur getz illustration,  1965
     
N I G H T . . .
         
a Doug Aitken photograph 1998, a cityscape with lights at night, from a birdseye view
a Doug Aitken
photograph,  1998       click twice
     
N I G H T . . .
         
a Jaroslav Panuska painting 1900, a phantom horse running at night
a Jaroslav Panuska painting,  1900       click twice
     
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a Drew Friedman cartoon, Larry Fine of The Three Stooges has nightmares
a Drew Friedman cartoon ... Larry Fine of The Three Stooges has nightmares
     
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Yvonne Jacquette 1996, rooftops view of a city at night
Yvonne Jacquette,  1996       click twice
     
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Bernard Waber children's book 1970
a 1970 Bernard Waber children's book illustration
of a bee flying at night      click twice
     
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a 1968 Ford Bedford truck, color illustration of a truck in the rain at night
a 1968 Ford Bedford truck
       
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a Martin Lewis print 1933
a Martin Lewis print,  1933       click twice
     
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a Martin Lewis print 1947, people walking in a foggy park at night
Martin Lewis,  1947       click twice
     
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an Art Werger painting of a city at night from a birdseye view
an Art Werger painting
     
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a Hannes Bok illustration of nightfall 1949
a Hannes Bok illustration,  1949
     
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a background for The Flintsones by Hanna Barbera animation 1962
a background for 'The Flintsones' by Hanna Barbera animation,  1962
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Christina Malman illustration for The New Yorker Magazine, January 20 1940
a Christina Malman illustration
     
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a print by Joseph Winkelman, a blue neighborhood at night in winter
a print by Joseph Winkelman       see full size
     
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Léon Becker illustration 1888, bed bugs creeping at night
a Léon Becker illustration of bed bugs,  1888

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Byam Shaw book illustration 1900
a Byam Shaw book illustration from around 1900     click twice
     
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C.G. Evers illustration city at night 1950s?
20th century illustrator C.G. Evers specialized in big panoramic views
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Charles Pears book illustration of night river
This Charles Pears book illustration really captures the heavy
darkness of night.  We drift in silence.     see full size    
     
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Chesley Bonestell illustration of other world
This Chesley Bonestell illustration really captures the heavy 
silence of space-night.  We scream in silence.     click twice
     
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Emanuel Schongut children's book illustration 1974
an Emanuel Schongut book illustration,  1974     see full size
     
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Erich Buchwald-Zinnwald 1915 night sky
Erich Buchwald-Zinnwald,  1915     click twice
     
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Felix Vallotton painting of lake at night
a Felix Valloton painting      click twice
     
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a Giacomo Balla painting of a street light
a Giacomo Balla painting
     
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Karl Friedrich Schinkel stage design
a Karl Friedrich Schinkel theater stage design     click twice
     
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a Martin Lewis print of a woman at night on a roof top
a Martin Lewis print
     
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Mila von Luttich illustration of nightfall
a Mila von Luttich illustration     click twice
     
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Miroslav Sasek illustration of drive-in theatre 1960s
a Miroslav Sasek 1960s children's book     click twice
     
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Castor and Pollux or the Twins, illustrated by Bernard Picart 1749
"Castor and Pollux, or the twins"    Bernard Picart,  1749
      
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Illustration of 1947 man sleeping in pyjamas
     

Night 1       Night 2      Night 3

  Night 4       Night 5
 
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